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A.Word.A.Day--mesne
mesne (meen) adjective Intermediate; intervening. [From Anglo-French, a variant of meen, from meien, from Latin medianus, from medius (middle). Other words derived from the same root are median, medieval, mediate, medium, intermediate, and mediocre.] "In any case if the titles are in your favour, you can file the suit for recovery of the licensed premises from the licensee in Civil Court and also you can claim mesne profit from the date of termination of license." Divyakanth Mehta; Co-owners Can Give Premises to Family; The Economic Times (New Delhi, India); Aug 10, 2003. This week's theme: words with variant spellings.
X-BonusThere is no one, no matter how wise he is, who has not in his youth said things or done things that are so unpleasant to recall in later life that he would expunge them entirely from his memory if that were possible. -Marcel Proust, novelist (1871-1922) |
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